Patents
Patents for A61F 2 - Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents (184,391)
11/2003
11/25/2003US6653291 Composition and method for production of transformed cells
11/25/2003US6652872 Support for the propagation of preferential tissues
11/25/2003US6652765 Improving bone bonding; acid etch removal of native oxide layer from titanium device and roughening
11/25/2003US6652684 Glue-on tissue mount
11/25/2003US6652596 Suspension aid for above-knee prosthesis
11/25/2003US6652595 Method of repairing inguinal hernias
11/25/2003US6652593 Demineralized bone implants
11/25/2003US6652592 Segmentally demineralized bone implant
11/25/2003US6652591 Prosthesis with feature aligned to trabeculae
11/25/2003US6652590 Cementless total replacement of the human hip joint
11/25/2003US6652589 Kit for implanting a cementable endoprosthesis
11/25/2003US6652588 Bimetal tibial component construct for knee joint prosthesis
11/25/2003US6652587 Method and system for mammalian joint resurfacing
11/25/2003US6652586 Prosthetic devices employing oxidized zirconium and other abrasion resistant surfaces contacting surfaces of cross-linked polyethylene
11/25/2003US6652585 Flexible spine stabilization system
11/25/2003US6652584 Expandable threaded arcuate interbody spinal fusion implant with lordotic configuration during insertion
11/25/2003US6652583 Cardiac valve replacement
11/25/2003US6652582 Bioabsorbable endoprosthesis having porosity for by-product collection
11/25/2003US6652581 Medical device with porous surface for controlled drug release and method of making the same
11/25/2003US6652580 Modular, staged graft and attachment system for endovascular repair
11/25/2003US6652579 Radiopaque stent
11/25/2003US6652578 Endoluminal cardiac and venous valve prostheses and methods of manufacture and delivery thereof
11/25/2003US6652577 Stents with elevations at selected crossing points
11/25/2003US6652576 Variable stiffness stent
11/25/2003US6652575 Stent with smooth ends
11/25/2003US6652574 Product and process for manufacturing a wire stent coated with a biocompatible fluoropolymer
11/25/2003US6652573 Radial expansible stent for implanting in body vessels
11/25/2003US6652572 Endovascular graft system
11/25/2003US6652571 Braided, branched, implantable device and processes for manufacture thereof
11/25/2003US6652570 Composite vascular graft
11/25/2003US6652569 Stent placement and removal
11/25/2003US6652568 Radiopaque balloon
11/25/2003US6652567 Fenestrated endovascular graft
11/25/2003US6652565 Central venous catheter with heat exchange properties
11/25/2003US6652560 Bone anchor
11/25/2003US6652558 Convertible blood clot filter
11/25/2003US6652557 Mechanism for capturing debris generated during vascular procedures
11/25/2003US6652556 Filter apparatus for ostium of left atrial appendage
11/25/2003US6652555 Barrier device for covering the ostium of left atrial appendage
11/25/2003US6652554 Instrument for thromboembolic protection
11/25/2003US6652548 Expansible shearing catheters for thrombus removal
11/25/2003US6652547 Apparatus and method of removing occlusions using ultrasonic medical device operating in a transverse mode
11/25/2003US6652544 Percutaneous bypass graft and securing system
11/25/2003US6652541 Method of sutureless closure for connecting blood vessels
11/25/2003US6652540 Methods for forming magnetic vascular anastomoses
11/25/2003US6652533 Medical inserter tool with slaphammer
11/25/2003US6652515 Tissue ablation device assembly and method for electrically isolating a pulmonary vein ostium from an atrial wall
11/25/2003US6652505 Guided filter with support wire and methods of use
11/25/2003US6652450 Implantable article and method for treating urinary incontinence using means for repositioning the implantable article
11/25/2003US6652449 Control of urge incontinence
11/25/2003US6652448 Valve for bladder control device
11/25/2003US6652441 Apparatus and method to treat a disease process in a luminal structure
11/25/2003US6652260 Composite allograft press
11/25/2003US6651672 Devices for less-invasive intracardiac interventions
11/25/2003US6651671 Lens-invasive devices and methods for cardiac valve surgery
11/25/2003US6651670 Delivering a conduit into a heart wall to place a coronary vessel in communication with a heart chamber and removing tissue from the vessel or heart wall to facilitate such communication
11/25/2003US6651478 Assembly for crimping an intraluminal device or measuring the radial strength of the intraluminal device and method of use
11/25/2003CA2254218C Prosthetic knee joint with enhanced posterior stabilization and dislocation prevention features
11/25/2003CA2158443C Method for preparation and transplantation of volute grafts and surgical instrument therefor
11/23/2003CA2429758A1 Method and apparatus for reducing femoral fractures
11/20/2003WO2003095936A1 Modular implant assembly tool
11/20/2003WO2003095609A2 Implant for tissue repair
11/20/2003WO2003095015A1 Balloon system and methods for treating obesity
11/20/2003WO2003094863A2 Intra-bronchial obstucting device that permits mucus transport
11/20/2003WO2003094855A1 System and method for treating cardiac arrhythmias with fibroblast cells
11/20/2003WO2003094809A1 Intravaginal catamenial device for blood leakage prevention
11/20/2003WO2003094807A1 A prosthetic limb
11/20/2003WO2003094806A1 Prosthetic components with cushioning elements
11/20/2003WO2003094804A2 Tibia component and sliding plate of a knee-joint endoprothesis
11/20/2003WO2003094803A1 System for trial implantation of a femoral hip prosthesis
11/20/2003WO2003094802A1 System for establishing the orientation of a modular implant
11/20/2003WO2003094801A1 Device and method for modifying the shape of a body organ
11/20/2003WO2003094800A2 Electroactive polymer based artificial sphincters and artificial muscle patches
11/20/2003WO2003094799A1 Unidirectional flow prosthetic implant based on a multi-lobed frame
11/20/2003WO2003094798A1 Endoprosthesis having foot extensions
11/20/2003WO2003094797A1 Frame based unidirectional flow prosthetic implant
11/20/2003WO2003094796A1 Method of placing a tubular membrane on a structural frame
11/20/2003WO2003094795A1 Method of making a medical device having a thin wall tubular membrane over a structural frame
11/20/2003WO2003094794A1 Method of forming a tubular membrane on a structural frame
11/20/2003WO2003094793A1 Device for providing full protection to a stent
11/20/2003WO2003094792A1 Perfusion guidewire in combination with a distal filter
11/20/2003WO2003094791A2 Inverted embolic protection filter
11/20/2003WO2003094790A2 Catheter system with procedural catheter and embolic proctection system
11/20/2003WO2003094789A1 Retrieval catheter for an embolic filter
11/20/2003WO2003094788A2 An embolic protection system
11/20/2003WO2003094787A1 Prosthetic repair fabric
11/20/2003WO2003094786A1 Prosthetic repair fabric
11/20/2003WO2003094785A1 Gastric bypass prosthesis
11/20/2003WO2003094784A2 Urethral prosthesis with tensioning member
11/20/2003WO2003094783A1 Prosthetic repair fabric with erosion resistant edge
11/20/2003WO2003094782A2 Self-aligning knee prosthesis
11/20/2003WO2003094781A1 Flat implant made of textile thread material, particularly a hernia mesh
11/20/2003WO2003094778A2 Breast prosthesis
11/20/2003WO2003094774A1 A dental or orthopaedic implant
11/20/2003WO2003094762A2 Method for laminectomy
11/20/2003WO2003094753A1 An assembly for use in orthopaedic surgery
11/20/2003WO2003094751A1 Mechanism for the deployment of endovascular implants
11/20/2003WO2003094750A1 Tissue joining devices capable of delivery of bioactive agents and methods for use thereof
11/20/2003WO2003094739A2 An assembly for use in orthopaedic surgery
11/20/2003WO2003094735A1 Customized material for improved radiopacity